Tony Smith

See you on BlueSky. I can no longer take part in a social media space run by a fascist.

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

Find me on the light side at @smithtonyd.bsky.social

[Simon Atkinson @SimonMAtkinson]

NEW: Brand Brum: Birmingham features in Top 100 World Cities ranking cc @lewis_goodall @SmithTonyD https://t.co/goCatrEvjj

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

Well if the Guardian is leaving that’s good enough reason for me… https://t.co/gNgLCLFmDL

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

Schools in England could be judged on scale of colours in Ofsted proposals https://t.co/IMfYbcfIeF

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds https://t.co/jkg2a0nPZW

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

@AdrianFaiers Redesign the system so that it creates a better distribution of resources rather than fixing the distribution after with clumsy tax and spend…

[Judy Anne @Judyannne]

#bbcaq Can't we have better palliative care as well as assisted dying? Let dying people choose how they want the end of their life to be.

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

…and legislation on important moral principles should not be passed or rejected on the basis of how well equipped our public services happen to be. If the bill is passed it will have to be implemented. #bbcaq

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

It’s just a diversion to say there’s not been enough debate. As the caller says we’ve been debating this forever - and Parliamentary bills do not pass on one vote, there are many stages. I think MPs and peers need to finally bite the bullet and get on with it. #bbcaq

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

He’s still not listening. Investment leads to gains - it’s not a “cost”. #bbcaq

[John Dalton johndaledalton.bsky.social @JohnDalton6011]

Matthew Elliot sits at the nexus of a group of “hard Brexit” campaigners closely linked to the UK’s climate science deniers and other anti-regulation think tanks. https://t.co/vPykoX7dJK #bbcaq

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

Exactly - green energy is cheap energy #bbcaq

[Steve Brooks @SteveBrooks13]

#bbcaq Our energy costs are not high because of our efforts to achieve net zero.

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

No Matthew - running ahead is an opportunity not a threat. Stop seeing net zero as a negative - it’s a massive positive if we manage the transition right. The alternative is head in the sand extinction. #bbcaq

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

@Valeryan13 Oh god don’t remind me of that - it will be excruciating 😣

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

Hurrah! 🥳 #r4today

[susannah tarbush @starbie99]

Oh no! We've just been told that this is the last instalment of Today in which Justin will be reporting from the USA. #r4today

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

Did it not occur to Webb that the congress woman may have removed her pronouns from X because of abuse from people with the sort of views now tolerated on here? He says America is “relaxed” - what about the millions who will be terrified? 🙄 #r4today

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

Well said Paddy “blame others for shortening the programme”… indeed. #Newsnight

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

@TrevorWeehuizen He’s brilliant on radio 4…

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

The beginnings of a return to sanity on our relationship with the EU… #Newsnight

[Tony Smith @SmithTonyD]

This (in the US) is not serious government. It’s the exercise of personal diktat for its own sake. Step one towards fascism. #Newsnight